The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-15

My God! boys. we've got to get out of this,
and there's no time to lose, either. Ills
friends or somebody will be around here be
fore long looking for him Father and
Cromwell passed down the main staircase,
opened the front door with false keys, locked
it after them and walked unconcernedly
down the street Scott let him
self out of the back window of
the building and Joined the other two
farther down e street. Andrews joined
the three on the street and secreted them
somewhere in Dexter until after shutdown.
| The three then came out of their hiding
place and got into wagon that was wait
| ing for them and were driven rapidly TO
Scion, arriving there about midnight. |
didn't arrive until o'clock with my team,
in accordance with the orders given me by
my father Cromwell and Scott stayed at
Seden Thompson's hotel, at Scion, that
night. | took father into my wagon at
o'clock and drove to North Arson. The
next morning Cromwell and Scott took the
early stage to North Arson and joined
| father and myself. / drove the three to
| Skowhegan. During the drive heard the
full history of the attempted robbery and
the murder
I'VE did not know until we reached
! SkOwhegan that the assault on Treasurer
| Barron had proved fatal. On arriving there
my father bought a copy of the Daily
telegram, and there found the announce
ment of the murder. The only thing my
father said when he looked at the paper
was, For Gods sake, boys, what's to be
doneT Scott and Cromwell seized the
paper, and glance at the headlines showed
them what they had done. 1t was immedi-
ately agreed that the gang hould.seperate.
drove the team TO Gardiner, forty-two miles
away, and when | reached home on the cars
found the gang there
THE HERALD TRACES THE STORY
Step by step the correspondent has traced
the statements made by young Stain, and
they are found to corroborate. For In
stance, he told where the teams had been
hired, and the correspondent found that the
stablemen confirmed his statement Then
again, he told where the keys TO the vault
vi the bank were hidden in certain stone
wall in Franklin, in this State, and to-day
the correspondent learned that they had
been found in the spot indicated, and
that they are now in the possession of the
detective.
FINDING THE BANK KEYS.
The man who actually found the keys in
the wall is a Fru kiln farmer named Nell
! son. Nelson, in 1alking with the detectives
to-day, stated that ON three or four coca
sions when he was at work tearing down
the wall Cromwell came about and would
casually ask if he had found anything.
What do you expect | shall find here in
this old wall!' Nelson asked him.
"Well, Stain has lost some of the keys of
his house, and didn't know but that some
of them had been dropped in here"
Nelson says that when he did find the keys
he said nothing to Cromwell about it, but
of course never suspected anything wrong
in connection with the affair. So far the
Sheriff felt that young Stains story was cor
roborated, and he therefore felt justified in
arreSting the principals. Accordingly in
the afternoon of yesterday warrants were
sworn out by him against Oliver Cromwell.
of Walpole, and David l.. Stain, of Frank
lin, charging that on Feb %, 1873 they will
fully murdered Treasurer j. w. Barron
These warrants were issued by Trial Justice
Emery Grover, and this morning Cromwell
and Stain were arrested. Stain was taken
from the shop where he was at work. In
his coat pocket was found bulldog revolv-
er loaded, and several cartridges in his
pockets. Cromwell is altogether different
sort of man. When he was corralled he be-
came terribly frightened, and for long
time he could not articulate syllable so
frightened was he.
MY SON! GOOD GOD!
Both men were taken before the trial
Justice this afternoon and arraigned. Be
fore called upon to plead they were told
their rights in the premises and informed
requisition from the Governor of Maine.
Stain was very brave and in talking with
his captors asked where they got for all this
information they seemed to have
''Your son has confessed it all" said
Sheriff Mitchell.
my song cried Stain. "Good God l
haven't heard from him in ten years! sup
posed he was dead"
ut is my duty to tell you what you may
! expect and have right to expect as your
rights under the laws of Massachusetts,, -"
sad tine Justice
stain says he will go to Maine without
a requisition," said the Sheriff.
Yes, I'll CO. reiterated Stain.
"Will the other prisoner go of his own
free willi' asked the Judge.
~ won't GO" said Cromwell.
After "A consultation with the detectives,
however he reScinded his decision and
agreed to go back to Dexter That settled
it, and all the Justice had TO do was to make
out the papers, which the prisoners signed,
waving all claims to their rights under the
laws of Massachusetts.
TWO TOUGH MEN.
The correspondent to-day made an extern
sive investigation into the character of the
two prisoners since they came into this
State to reside. They are tough birds, and
have been frequently before the court in
NbsuIdiI. GOudtu Is WudU Is huDWl III DO
! lice parIance as a fence" He has on more
than one occasion been arrested on a charge
! of receiving stolen property, and if he had
| had a trial to-day the men who had stole n
the property would have been present to ties
! tify that they had more than once in talking
with Stain aud Cromwell heard them say
| that they had ''done jobs" in Dexter. On
| one occasion, when a quantity of jewery
| had been stolen from a young lady tele-
/ graph operator in Needham, the property
was traced to Stains house and some of it
was found secreted in the leg Of an old
| fashioned shoemakers bench. He was held
! for this offense in the sum of 81 900, and not
finding sureties he went to Jail and served
! his term of sentence. At another time
| Cromwell was arrested and served three
months sentence for the larceny Of guam
tity of corn, the property of Maj. John H.
| Gould, a member Of the Republican State
! Committee.
! So quietly was the arrest made in Wal
pole and Franklin that no person there
! ever dreamed that the two men were being
taken away TO be tried for their lives. AT
8 o'clock to morrow morning the officers
and their prisoners start for Dexter
Stone-Scratching Posts.
! Letter to Nei0 York journal Of Commerce.
went by carriage from Penzance to the
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